SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 9, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Virgin America Inc. (NASDAQ: VA) today reported its preliminary operational results for July 2016. The airline's traffic (measured in revenue passenger miles) increased 20.5 percent on capacity (measured in available seat miles) that was 18.4 percent higher from the same month in 2015.

Load factor was 87.1 percent, an increase of 1.5 points from July 2015. The number of onboard passengers increased 18.6 percent from the same month last year. 



                                           July           July Year to Date

                                       2016          2015                Change      2016      2015     Change
                                       ----          ----                ------      ----      ----     ------


    Revenue Passenger Miles (000) 1,165,429       967,299                 20.5% 6,944,856 5,946,052      16.8%

    Available Seat Miles (000)    1,338,028     1,130,021                 18.4% 8,291,469 7,148,845      16.0%

    Passenger Load Factor             87.1%        85.6%               1.5pts     83.8%    83.2%    0.6pts

    Onboard Passengers (000)            758           639                 18.6%     4,611     3,967      16.2%

About Virgin America: Known for its mood-lit cabins, three beautifully designed classes of service and innovative fleetwide amenities -- like touch-screen personal entertainment, WiFi and power outlets at every seat, Virgin America has built a loyal following of flyers and earned a host of awards since launching in 2007 -- including being named the "Best U.S. Airline" in Condé Nast Traveler's Readers' Choice Awards for the past eight consecutive years and "Best Domestic Airline" in Travel + Leisure's World's Best Awards for the past nine consecutive years. For more: www.virginamerica.com

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